Careers at NAHB

Group: Communications & Public Affairs

NAHB is seeking a motivated and creative writer to work collaboratively with the Communications staff on the development, reporting, writing, repurposing, and editing of a broad range of content relating to the housing industry for the NAHB website, its blog, and other communications channels. The overall goal is to help showcase the value of NAHB to our members and enhance communications about NAHB’s positive impact within the home building and remodeling industries.

The ideal candidate for this position is a strong writer and copyeditor with a background that includes traditional journalism, web writing, social media and project management. They will be highly organized, detailed, efficient and committed to producing high-quality web content.

The ability to work with diverse professionals from various fields – including legislative, legal, technical, and economic – to develop and compose articles that effectively illustrate NAHB’s priorities and housing industry issues is essential.

Requirements

• A minimum of two years of in-depth experience on website content creation and optimization.
• Experience writing for traditional, online, and social media channels.
• Proficiency with email management programs and web content management tools, including a basic knowledge of photo editing software.
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or related field, or equivalent in education and experience.

To apply for this position, please submit this application.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Group: Exhibitions and Meetings

NAHB seeks a creative, team-oriented, collaborative meetings professional who will plan and manage trade show educational programming logistics, conferences, meetings, and special events/activations. The director will work closely with the AVP, Meetings & Events, in handling logistics for keynote and specialty education sessions at the International Builders' Show (IBS) and specialty space experiences. The director will regularly work with stakeholders to determine needs and make recommendations, improve processes, and manage overall experiences at learning events for NAHB. The director will also handle contract negotiations and budgets for events. The position will report to the AVP, Meetings & Events.

Qualifications:

• Background in conferences/trade show education logistics, meetings and special event planning.
• Ability to maintain quality standards, be resourceful, present professionally, have excellent judgment, and meet deadlines under a heavy workload at peak times.
• Ability to develop and manage budgets, negotiate contracts, and confidently direct vendors and staff to ensure an optimal outcome.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential, as the director will be responsible for effectively managing vendors and advising colleagues.
• Proficient in the MS Office suite.
• Travel, including weekends, is required.

Requirements:

• A minimum of five to seven years of meeting planning experience, specifically with trade shows, conferences, special events, and member support.
• Supervisory experience and a bachelor's degree in the related field or comparable education and experience.
• A CMP is highly preferred.

To apply for this position, please complete and submit this application.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The National Housing Endowment, the philanthropic arm of NAHB, is seeking an administrative professional who is interested in non-profit administration, management and fundraising.

As manager of operations, this position will be responsible for providing administrative support to ensure efficient operation of the office. The position will also support the CEO, director of development and communications, and the National Housing Endowment Board of Trustees through a variety of tasks related to the organization, including basic accounting, meeting preparation, and program management.

The ideal candidate will have a personality that enables them to work with Endowment stakeholders and juggle competing priorities. Candidates should expect to interact with leadership, staff, donors and vendors.

Responsibilities:

• Program Management: The National Housing Endowment administers several scholarships and grants. The manager of operations will support the various scholarship and grant committees through the awards process by managing the application portal, facilitating deliberation meetings, and processing award payments.
• Financial Management: Provide required documentation to the accounting team to ensure proper A/P and A/R processing, gift management and tracking of pledges, and creation of financial reports for CEO and Board of Trustees.
• Meetings/Special Events: In conjunction with the meetings department, plan and manage meetings and special events, and coordinate conference calls for Endowment committees. Produce related materials including agendas and electronic (PDF) meeting packets.
• Website/Social Media: Responsible for maintaining content for the National Housing Endowment social media pages and website. Content may include promotion of grant/scholarship opportunities, industry trends, skilled trades, etc.
• National Housing Endowment Board of Trustees Meetings: Responsible for assembling all materials for advance packets in electronic (PDF) format for all board meetings. Supervise arrangements for execution of meetings including meeting space, food and beverage, and coordinating presenters.
• Information Management: Plan, implement, and maintain information systems congruent with National Housing Endowment’s administrative and fundraising needs including donor and subject files, mailing lists, and accounting records.
• Provide assistance to the CEO and director of development & communications as needed.

Required Qualifications:

• Basic accounting knowledge
• Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task
• Experience working with customers and leadership
• Proven administrative experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational and planning skills
• Proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, and Excel

This is a full-time administrative position and offers a hybrid in-office/remote environment at the discretion of the CEO. Travel to major meetings may be required.

To apply for this position, please complete and submit this application.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Group: Regulatory Affairs

NAHB seeks an experienced candidate for its Labor, Safety and Health Policy department. Qualified candidates must be familiar with developing quality construction safety education materials and analyzing occupational safety and health federal statutes, regulations, regulatory guidance documents, and policies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Creation and delivery of safety education/training and OSHA compliance information.
• Analyzing a variety of critical occupational safety and health issues that impact the residential construction industry.
• Assisting in the preparation of regulatory comment letters and performing related regulatory advocacy work before the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of the construction industry and current construction safety (OSHA) regulations
• Experience developing safety educational materials
• Knowledge of the federal rulemaking process
• Excellent written, verbal, and analytical skills
• Candidate must be able to work independently, manage multiple projects, and meet simultaneous deadlines.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in safety management, construction management, loss control, or comparable experience and education
• Two to five years of safety training and education experience preferred

To apply for this position, please submit this application.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Group: Marketing and Business Development

NAHB is seeking a Senior Manager, Membership Marketing, to work with the VP of Marketing and the Membership Development team to increase membership and improve membership engagement and member retention.

Responsibilities:

• Develop comprehensive marketing campaigns with the appropriate targets and measures.
• Execute side-by-side with high-performing, highly collaborative marketing and membership colleagues to promote member benefits and the member recruitment program.
• Collaborate with copywriters and designers on the design, production and distribution of membership collateral materials used by NAHB and its affiliates.
• Collaborate with NAHB divisions, partners and affiliate leaders to drive brand awareness and product awareness among members, prospective members, and other target audiences.
• Serve as a strategic partner to the education and affinity program.

Qualified candidates are:

• Visionaries who can merge strategy, growth, people, and industry insights to strengthen our brand to our members and prospects.
• Creatives who can generate inspired and powerful print, email, social messaging, and online content to promote membership and member engagement.
• Marketers who can develop innovative campaigns to market membership events, products and services.
• People who can manage competing priorities and thrive on trying new tactics.
• Self-starters who can work independently.
• Collaborators who thrive in a dynamic work environment.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of four years of experience in marketing design and production process management.
• Experience in developing and executing recruitment and retention membership marketing efforts.
• Strong project management, problem-solving and analytical thinking skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently.
• Association experience, with knowledge of trade association membership, is preferred.

To apply for this position, please complete and submit this application.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Group: Office of the General Counsel

NAHB is seeking an attorney to join its friendly, hard-working staff. The successful candidate will:

• Assist with developing litigation strategies on a variety of housing issues.
• Manage outside counsel.
• Review federal legislation that impacts housing.
• Present educational programs to members.
• Conduct legal research on a wide variety of housing topics.
• Attend industry coalition meetings.
• Craft amicus briefs for filing in federal and state courts.

This position will interact with staff and members at all levels of the association, providing legal research or information primarily, but not exclusively, on the Administrative Procedure Act, specific environmental issues (i.e., climate change, Clean Air Act, storm water, etc.), and housing finance questions.

Qualifications:

• At least three years of relevant legal experience
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, research and write, and the ability to balance multiple assignments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to perform effectively in a team setting, and a willingness to travel on an occasional basis.

Requirements:

• Understanding of the Administrative Procedure Act notice and comment process
• Experience with environmental laws that impact land development and home building
• Experience working with trade associations and ability to work in a team environment
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Three to five years of relevant legal experience
• D.C. Bar license or the ability to obtain

To apply for this position, please submit this application.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Group: Information Technology and Services

NAHB seeks a systems developer to assist the NAHB senior application developers in ensuring effective operations and maintenance of NAHB’s systems, including the association management system (AMS), in addition to other applications. The position will assist the Information Technology and Services (ITS) development team with all design, coding, implementation, and support aspects.

The system developer will work closely with the senior developers to learn the code base, write code, fix bugs, and attend requirements and design meetings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining NAHB’s AMS (Aptify).
• Participate in the NAHB AMS integration with various third-party and custom applications, custom-built applications and NAHB’s websites.
• Participate in the testing of Aptify-based based software solutions.
• Perform application verification and validation.
• Compile data and write reports for applications and other completed projects.
• Assist in maintaining and upgrading the existing software applications to meet the Association’s changing needs.
• Support data conversions by creating SQL scripts and SQL Server Data Transformation Services (DTS) in SSIS.
• Provide support to users for Aptify Desktop and Aptify Web applications as well as other systems developed or managed by NAHB's ITS team.
• Assist the NAHB development team in the GAP analysis and reporting requirements for projects.

Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate will have at least three years of experience developing browser-based solutions with ASP.Net, VB.Net or C#, DHTML, XML, JavaScript, and CSS.
• Deep SQL Server experience is required to utilize Transact-SQL stored procedures, views, functions, and triggers.
• Experience developing software applications and supporting AMS installations. Aptify experience preferred.

To apply for this position, please complete and submit this application.

Equal Opportunity Employer